Posts Tagged: Government

Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani fired his defense secretary, a retired general and confidant of Pakistanâ€™s army chief, on Wednesday as the civilian government drew closer to a head-on collision with the countryâ€™s powerful military leadership.

Lone Star Stateâ€™s Economy Rebounding Faster than United States as Whole As 2011 comes to an end, a variety of economic indicators point to the fact that Texas may be pulling itself up by its bootstraps and, despite a national recession, watching the state economy rebound. Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs reports Texas unemployment is …

RIYADH – Unemployment among Saudis rose to 10.5 percent in 2009 from 10 percent a year earlier, and topped 43 percent among men and women aged 20-24, according to government figures cited by Okaz newspaper on Wednesday.

â€œFor the first time in eight years, we have the opportunity to meet, engage, discuss, disagree, but have an impact on policy,â€ said James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute in Washington. â€œWeâ€™re being made to feel a part of that process and that there is somebody listening.â€

NEW DELHI: The Congress-led governmentâ€™s attempt to create history on March 8, 2010 by securing passage of Womenâ€™s Reservation Bill through the Parliament on International Womenâ€™s Day has failed.

The scene plays out like something you would see in a chilling Hollywood thriller or spy movie. A team of seasoned assassins, eleven altogether, plots and plans a â€˜hitâ€™ to be carried out against an unsuspecting victim.

January 26, 2010. In a Federal court hearing in Detroit on Monday January 25, 2010, singer Abu Raitb pleaded not guilty to the charges of making false statements to the FBI, false oath in a matter relating to naturalization and attempted unlawful procurement of naturalization.